Material you need for preparation

Here is beginner’s guide on how to start preparing for any design exam, following are the things you should buy, to begin with, most of these things you can get at your local stationery shop else you can get it cheaper online by clicking these Amazon link.

These products are long-term investment and will help you in college and job as well 🙂 so even if it feels expensive don’t compromise on quality and buy for long-term success.

The Big Book of Brain Games: 1000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics and Science is a collection of puzzles, teasers and games. It challenges the readers to exercise their brain in innovative ways. Designed by puzzler, Ivan Moscovich, the book has a collection of brain-teasers and can satisfy anyone from the novice to the most ardent and experienced puzzle addict. Key Features:

Each puzzle has been rated on the order of difficulty, on a scale from 1 to 10.

Indices at the back interconnect many of these puzzles through cross-references.

The book provides full solutions to all the puzzles, to enable the reader to check the accuracy of their own answers and to find solutions for the puzzles they are unable to solve.

This engaging book offers readers the ultimate in calisthenics for the brain. Using the same fun, informative, and accessible style that have made his previous books so popular, Philip Carter helps people identify mental strengths and weaknesses, and provides methods for improving memory, boosting creativity, and tuning in to emotional intelligence. Featuring never–before–published tests designed specifically for this book, plus answers for all questions, this latest treasure trove from a MENSA puzzle editor outlines a fun, challenging program for significantly enhancing performance in all areas of intelligence.

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. From the “80/20” rule to chunking, from baby-face bias to Occam’s razor, and from self-similarity to storytelling, every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge.

This landmark reference will become the standard for designers, engineers, architects, and students who seek to broaden and improve their design expertise.

Within these pages, you’ll find 80 creative challenges that will help you achieve a breadth of stronger design solutions, in various media, within any set time period. Exercises range from creating a typeface in an hour to designing a paper robot in an afternoon to designing web pages and other interactive experiences. Each exercise includes compelling visual solutions from other designers and background stories to help you increase your capacity to innovate.

Learn all you need to know about getting started in sketching and drawing including materials, basic techniques and perspective. Al, o includes a glossary of common art terms. The Absolute Beginner series will inspire anyone who wants to make art to create realistic artwork for any subject, including still life, landscapes, animals and people.

The book guides the reader through every stage of the writing process. The authors demonstrate the flexibility of English that allows it to express a multitude of cultural identities and encourage the students/readers to use the language assertively to express their ideas

This a 100 gms paper, thicker than your regular photocopy ( 75 gsm ) paper for better quality of sketch and colouring, you can also do light water/ink colouring on this like calligraphy and hand lettering.

Like STAEDTLER box with different grades of pencils to help you do fine line drawing, shading and texturing etc based on the type of question and type of task.

and this is how you can practice using these materials,

If you already have a computer at home, buy a good digital pen tablet like One by Wacom Graphic Pen Tabletthis will help you a lot in the final portfolio preparation and also in design career ahead, this product last for 5-6 year easily so its a very good long term investment.

If you are preparing for FASHION DESIGN OR ANIMATION DESIGN OR want to improve on human figure drawings, This Manikin will help you a lot in understanding and drawing correct proportions from various angles, its very good for daily practice and inspiration for figure in motion.

just by daily looking at it for 5 minutes (observing size and proportions ) you can improve a lot on your figure sketching in a month’s time.